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Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature [PDF]

open access: yesZooKeys, 2020
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN, or Commission) considered amendments to Articles of its Constitution (ICZN 1999a) at a special session in Singapore, convened on June 3–7, 2019.
Secretariat ICZN
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The VGNC: expanding standardized vertebrate gene nomenclature

open access: yesGenome Biology, 2023
The Vertebrate Gene Nomenclature Committee (VGNC) was established in 2016 as a sister project to the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee, to approve gene nomenclature in vertebrate species without an existing dedicated nomenclature committee.
Tamsin E. M. Jones   +6 more
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The importance of being the HGNC

open access: yesHuman Genomics, 2022
The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) has been providing standardized symbols and names for human genes since the late 1970s. As funding agencies change their priorities, finding financial support for critical biomedical resources such as the HGNC ...
Elspeth A. Bruford   +5 more
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Allergen nomenclature [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 1987
SummaryThis article presents a nomenclature system for allergens which has been officially recommended by the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS). The nomenclature is based on proposals of the IUIS Sub‐Committee for Allergen Nomenclature and is applicable to highly purified, well‐characterized allergens and to non‐purified or ...
D G, Marsh   +4 more
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On the wrong continent: The identity of Catochrysops trifracta Butler, 1884 (Polyommatinae, Lycaenidae), currently a synonym of Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798) [PDF]

open access: yesNota Lepidopterologica, 2022
It is shown that Catochrysops trifracta Butler, 1884, currently a synonym of the widespread old world Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798) is a junior subjective synonym of the neotropical species Hemiargus hanno (Stoll [1790]).
Marianne Espeland
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The bridge-like lipid transfer protein (BLTP) gene group: introducing new nomenclature based on structural homology indicating shared function

open access: yesHuman Genomics, 2022
The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee assigns unique symbols and names to human genes. The use of approved nomenclature enables effective communication between researchers, and there are multiple examples of how the usage of unapproved alias symbols can ...
Bryony Braschi   +4 more
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Comment on Herring et al. The Use of “Retardation” in FRAXA, FMRP, FMR1 and Other Designations. Cells 2022, 11, 1044

open access: yesCells, 2022
This commentary is written in response to the recent article from Herring et al., discussing the eradication of the offensive term “retardation” from gene nomenclature.
Elspeth Bruford   +1 more
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Critical appraisal of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: Implication of Janus-faced modernity [PDF]

open access: yesClinical and Molecular Hepatology, 2023
The existing term non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has raised substantial concerns due to its inherent disadvantages of using exclusionary diagnostic criteria and the stigmatizing word ‘fatty.’ Three pan-national liver associations set out to ...
Gi-Ae Kim, Joon Ho Moon, Won Kim
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A unified nomenclature for vertebrate olfactory receptors

open access: yesBMC Evolutionary Biology, 2020
Background Olfactory receptors (ORs) are G protein-coupled receptors with a crucial role in odor detection. A typical mammalian genome harbors ~ 1000 OR genes and pseudogenes; however, different gene duplication/deletion events have occurred in each ...
Tsviya Olender   +3 more
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